Machine for making hair ornaments.



W. J. HINES.

MACHINE FOR MAKING HAIR ORNAMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED JANVu, 1011.

v Patented M33 28, 1912 assr AVAILABLE COPY UNIJJED STATES I ENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM. J, HINES, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO PURITANCOMB COMPANY, 01* LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU-SETTS.

MACHINE non. MAKING HAIR ORNAMENTS'.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lIay 28,1912.

Application filed January 11, 1911. Serial No. 602,007.

.To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, Yuuan' J. Hines, acitizen of the United States. residing at Leominster. in the county oforcester and State of l\lassachusetts have invented a new and usefulMachine for making Hair Ornaments, of which the following is aspecification- This invention relates to a reel or machine for use inthe manufacture of hair ornaments of celluloid, horn. shell. and similarmaterial.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a means wherebythe rapidity of production of ceinented, bent, and ornamented hairornau'ients can be. greatly increased: to provide means whereby a singleoperator can place the hair ornaments between jaws and remove previouslycemented. bent, or ornamented ones therefrom in a minimum of time, andwhereby while he is performing this operation on one hair ornament alarge number of others will be in the act of setting so that they willbe completcd without waste of time: moreover to provide for graduallybringing them back to the operator to be removed without the employmentof any other hand labor: also to provide a construction whereby thepresent usual form of jaw will be done away with, "thus eliminating thedisadvantage of having the clamping jaw come down at an angle on thework.

In its preferred form also the invention involves a circular table orsupporting reel rotatable on its own axis for carrying the jaws andother elements of the machine. whereby the above mentioned objects willbe obtained.

It also involves improvements in the jaws for holding the work and inthe means for operating the jaws.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure l isa plan of partv of a reel or machine constructed in accordance with thisinvention: Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the centerthereof and also through the center of two of. the sets of jaws andshowing the clamping levers therefor: Fig; 3 is an enlarged detailperspective view of one of the movable levers and theclamping jawconnected therewith; and Fig. l is a ends of each of these plates are apair preferably of sheet celluloid. Neap sectional view through thecenter of a pair of jaws which can be used on this machine for thepurposeof bending hair ornaments.

The invention is shown in a form comprising a vertical shaft 10 fixed intwo bearings 11 on a rigid support 12. Nearthe top this shaft has acollar 13 loose thereon which rests on the top of the upper bearing, andthis supports the shaft and the weight carried by the collar. On theshaft 10 is secured a stationary cam 15 having a sub-- stantiallycircular raised surface 16 provided with a depression 1'7 on one sidethereof. This raised surface is substantially horizontal.

Itwill be obvious that if the machine is-to be used for one operationper revolution there will be one depression as shown. but for aplurality of operations there will be a corresponding number ofdepressions.

Fixed to the collar 13 is a circular table or support 18. This isadapted to rotate with the collar. Around the circum rence of the cam 15arearranged a plurality of. radial plates 1 9 on each of which is afixed jaw 20 having anupp'er surface of sheet Zinc preferably. Thisupper surface preferably is flat but may be of any desired shape. and incase the machine is used for bending it is curved as shown at 21 in Fig.4. These stationary jaws therefore are mounted in a circle at theoutside of the table or support. In a circle inside this outer seriesare a series of fixed blocks on the plates 19. Through each of theseblocks extend a pair of screws or bolts 26 and on each block is mounteda movable radial lever 27 having a slight pivotal motion on its block25. Each of these levers 27 has at the inner end a roller 29 adapted toroll on the cam surface of the central cam 15. Springs 22 yieldinglyhold up the outer ends of the levers and keep the rollers in contact.with the cam. The tension of the springs can be adjusted by screws 23.It will be seen therefore that these levers will'be vibrated once duringeach complete. rotation of the support. If the: support: is movable inany other way than in a circular direct-ion theposition of the leverswill bchanged :u-cordingly. M

On the outer end of each lever 27 and n". I the underside thereof is aplate 50. On t l ro l but the

end pieces 31 of any (ltSllUtl matcrialj,

pin 32. a jaw 33 which therefore is pivoted to freely ornament inposition.

lower part of each one of these it is provided with a perforationthrough which extends a hese pins project into the ends of swing onthese pins as anaxis. Each jaw has a curved rib on the back fitting in acorresponding groove on the bottom of the plate 30, constituting abearing surface. The bottom of each jaw 33 preferably is covered with asheet of soft rubber 34. Each pair of jaws 20 and 33 constitutes a clampfor holding an article to be cemented, bent or the like.

In the use of the device for the purpose of cementing pieces on combs,barret-tes, or other hair ornaments, an operator sits or stands at oneside of the support, the same side on which the depression of the cam islocated. The raised surface of the cam is in such position that it keepsthe rollers raised, and therefore holds the outer ends of the leversdepressed with the jaws pressed against the fixed jaws. But when eachlever in turn comes around to such position that its roller enters thedepression in the cam the inner end of the roller is free to sink intothe depression and the spring under the lever serves to raise the outerend and carry the jaw thereon away from the fixed jaw. If there is anarticle in the aws at this time the operator removes it and places a newarticle therein. For example, he may place a comb having on the backthereof a freshly cemented rib. He holds this in proper position untilby turning the table by hand the roller on that lever again comes up onthe high surface of the cam and clamps thehair Then the table is stoppedand the next article treated in the same way. As the table continues torotate by a step-by-step motion it will be seen that all the movablejaws except the one in front of the operator, are kept pressed againstthe fixed jaws, or rather against the article held between them, so thatif it is a cementing operation that is being performed, by the time eacharticle comes-back around to the operator it will be thoroughly set andcan be removed as a finished article so far as this particular operationconcerned. It will be seen also that by using curved jaws as shown inFig. a, the device can be used for bending purposes and in fact it canbe used for any other purpose in which it is desired to hold the articlefor a period of time in order that it may assume any desired condition.I It will be understood of course that the invention can be carried outin many other orms than the one illustrated herein, and that many othermodifications can be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention as expressed in the clainis.Therefore I do not wish to be limited to all the details .ofconstruction herein shown and "described, but.

What I do claim is i 1. In a device of the character described, thecombination of a fixed vertical shaft, a circular table rotatable aboutthe shaft, a series of pivoted levers radially mounted on said table, arelatively and freely movable jaw carried by the outer end of eachlever, a fixed jaw on the table under each movable jaw, a fixed cammounted at the center of the table on said shaftand having asubstantially circular raisedsurface provided with a depressiontherein,.said levers engaging the raised surface and adapted to enterthe depression as the table rotates, and

a spring for each lever constructed and adapted to swing the outer endof the lever upwardly to open the jaw thereon when the other end of thelever enters the depression.

2. In a machine for making hair ornaments, the combination of a fixedvertical shaft, upper and lower rigid supports therefor, a horizontalcircular table resting at the center on the upper support and adapted tobe rotated by hand about the shaft as a center, a cam fixed on saidshaft above the table and having a flat horizontal circular surface withan offset therein, a series of levers pivoted on said table beyond saidcam on horizontal axes, each having an inner end resting on saidcircular surface of the cam, and each provided with a jaw at the outerend, and a series of cooperatin jaws fixed on the table near thecircumfierence thereof.

3. in a machine for making hair ornaments, the combination of a fixedvertical shaft, upper and lower rigid supports therefor, a horizontalcircular table resting at the center on the upper supportand adapted tobe rotated by hand about the shaft as a center, a cam fixed on saidshaft above the table and having a flat horizontal circular surface withan offset therein, a series of levers pivoted on said table beyond saidcam on horizontal axes, each having an inner end resting on saidcircular surface of the cam, said levers being radially arranged on thetop of said table and each having a jaw pivoted to the bottom thereof atthe end of the lever on a transverse horizontal axis, a series ofsprings for engaging the lovers and normally holding said jaws up, and aseries of coiiperating jaws fixed on the table near the circumferencethereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. HINES. it-messes A. L. Pnnsron, E. E. l-Lm nxrox.

